Katharine Houghton

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1945-03-10 (80 years old)

Place of Birth

Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.A

Katharine Houghton

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Katharine Houghton (born Katharine Houghton Grant; March 10, 1945) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Joanna "Joey" Drayton, a Caucasian woman who brings home an African-American fiancé to meet her parents, in the 1967 film Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. Katharine Hepburn, who played the mother of Houghton's character in the film, was in real life Houghton's aunt. Description above from the Wikipedia article Katharine Houghton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

Acting

2010

The Last Airbender

as Katara's Grandma

1967

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

as Joanna "Joey" Drayton

1974

The Gardener

as Ellen Bennett

2022

Sidney

as Self

1993

Ethan Frome

as Mrs. Hale

2004

Kinsey

as Mrs. Spaulding

1991

Billy Bathgate

as Charlotte

1988

Mr. North

as Mrs. Skeel

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